Forget Pickford: Everton gem who lost ball every 2 touches let Lampard down v Spurs - opinion

Everton took a heavy defeat in an embarrassing performance from Frank Lampard’s side against Tottenham, and now edge even closer to dropping into the bottom three, potentially suffering their first relegation from top flight football in 71 years.

The Toffees were poor over the entire 90 minutes, not only conceding five goals but also not registering a single shot on target against their opponents throughout, as the side looked lacklustre in every single aspect of their game, both defensively and offensively.

Lampard made changes from his victorious FA Cup clash winning side to freshen up the squad and put more experience in the team ahead of their challenge against Antonio Conte’s Spurs side.

However, adding the experience into the team did not pay off, with Dominic Calvert-Lewin looking a complete shadow of himself after the Everton boss took a risk on the striker by starting him in the game.

Jordan Pickford hardly covered himself in glory throughout the match but their lack of offensive threat was also a big issue, leaving them with no hope of finding the net.

Calvert-Lewin wasn’t certain for a start against Tottenham, but Lampard took to his pre-match press conference on Friday to claim he was “hopeful” that the striker would be available for selection in the Premier League clash. Despite only just coming back from his third injury spell of the season the manager was clearly keen to have him involved in the game.

Ultimately, the 24-year-old was named in the starting XI and it will be a decision the Everton head coach will likely be regretting, after he made very little impact in his 69 minutes played.

He lost possession of the ball in every two touches, had no shots on target, failed in 80% of his ground and aerial